Congress Avenue Mile

The Congress Avenue Mile has always been something of a misnomer. Really, it should be renamed the Congress Avenue Festival of Miles. Because that’s what it is. With numerous heats and 900 runners ranging in age from 6 to 83 (including Texas Governor Rick Perry), this is a series of ...

Due to swine flu postponments of UIL Regional and State Track meets, we have decided to postpone the Congress Avenue Mile to June 7th. This gives our race participants in the High School Elite race the opportunity to still participate in the Mile.

The focal point of the Congress Avenue Mile is the Texas State High School Invitational heats.   Below are the current state rankings for boys and girls. Boy's Rankings in adobe acrobat format.  Girl's Rankings in adobe acrobat format. Questions about the Elite race should be directed to Timo Sheard.

A short film from The Nobelity Project (www.nobelity.org) about the inspiring work with Indian orphans by The Miracle Foundation (www.miraclefoundation.org). Take the peace train with 120 orphans to the opening of the new Sooch Village orphanage and adoption center.

The dogs outnumbered the runners 2-1 at the Puma Congress Avenue Mile on Saturday, but the milers were a lot faster. Especially the high-school milers. Most of the dogs and their owners (who were on Congress for the Mighty Texas Dog Walk) watched in awe as the high-school milers took center stage ...

New York City has 5th Avenue. Los Angeles has Rodeo Drive. Peachtree is the most famous street in Atlanta. Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue is famed for being part of the Boston Marathon and, of course, Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue is known around the world for the guy who lives there. But here, in ...

The magic of the mile returned to Austin on Saturday. After a one-year hiatus, the Mercedes-Benz of Austin Congress Avenue Mile was rekindled with a huge contingent of the top high school boys and girls milers in Texas, running in regional team competition. Starting at the Capitol, the milers flew down ...

It certainly wasn't the fastest Congress Avenue mile, but it was-by far-the biggest. For the first time in its history, the Mercedes Benz Congress Mile was part of the Freescale Austin Marathon Distance Challenge and the prospective marathoners flocked to the starting line for the first in a series of ...

At the 2004 Congress Avenue Mile, Jean Marie Ndikumana, the 2004 Statesman Capitol 10,000 Champion, showed he's pretty good at the shorter stuff too. Actually, Ndikumana's is a former 1,500 track star from Abilene Chistian, so he has the goods for a quick mile. Still, seeing a sub-four minute race ...

Aided by a slight tailwind, Jason Lunn and Nicole Jefferson sped to spectacular times in Saturday night's Congress Avenue Mile, each missing by a scant two seconds a record that would have brought the reward of a 2003 Mercedes sports coupe. Lunn, of Redwood City, Calif., finished in 3:49:10 as ...

What a great day for a mile. While so many are sure it is easier to run a marathon than a mile or feel a mile is not long enough to bother with, over 200 stepped up to the line to test their speed and endurance. While many races test your ...

RunTex does it again! Sunday, December 19th saw one of the most exciting RunTex events ever! Hundreds of runners showed up for the annual Congress Avenue Mile to find the answer to that question "What's your best mile time?" Former University of Texas trackman Sammy Unberhagen and 1996 German Olympian Carmen ...

Sunday morning's Congress Avenue Mile produced a slew of fast times in all age group s, from high school to masters. The fastest times of the day belonged to the elite division's Sammy Unberhagen and Andrea Jarzombek. The elite men's field was made up of 11 runners, including a trio of ...

Len Sitko became the first person to run a sub-four minute mile in Texas in five years, winning the Congress Avenue Mile in 3 minutes, 59.74 seconds Sunday morning. Before Sunday, the most recent sub-four minute clocking in Texas was at the 1992 Congress Avenue Mile run in 1992. Paul ...

Kamiel Maase, Holland's 1995 5,000-meter champion, won Sunday morning's Congress Avenue Mile, 10 seconds faster than his nearest rival, clocking in at 4 minutes, 6 seconds. Mardrea Hyman, from Clarendon, Jamaica, had an even wider margin of victory in the women's race, checking in at 4:36, 21 seconds ahead of ...

There were no big-name stars present Sunday morning, but runners of all ages proved there is magic in the mile as they strutted down Congress Avenue. The past three editions of the Congress Avenue Mile have showcased elite national runners, who stormed down the avenue and across the bridge in less ...

Michal Bartoszak recorded one of the fastest road miles in history Sunday morning, winning the Congress Avenue Mile in three minutes, 47.9 seconds. Bartoszak, the Polish national 1,500-meter champion, shattered the course record of 3:53 set by Steve Scott in 1991. Arizona State's Geoff Smith finished second Sunday in 3:54.8. "I ...

Steve Scott and PattiSue Plumer used experience gained from numerous races at the world-class level to outkick very talented fields in the men's and women's elite races in the Congress Avenue Mile on Sunday. Both Scott and Plumer shattered the course records. Scott's time of 3 minutes, 53 seconds knocked ...

The Congress Avenue Mile, Austin's first world-class road race, went off with a bang Sunday, with the top three runners finishing under four minutes. "I think that with the success of this event the first time out, it could become one of the best," said Sydney Maree, the American record-holder ...

Follow this link to view the Congress Avenue Mile Course: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=281010 The course is a little different than in previous years.  This course may be the fastest course, yet.